Re: Center entire markup block

[Christopher Meredith]

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:57 AM, -Eluze <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> Christopher Meredith wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:04 AM, James Bailey
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sep 5, 2010, at 6:19 AM, Christopher Meredith wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a couple of markup blocks which are currently left aligned
>>>> which I would like to be centered on the page. The following snippet
>>>> is the section in question and it contains solutions from the LSR as
>>>> well as other projects. In other words, I know it works but I don't
>>>> know exactly how.
>>>>
>>>> http://pastebin.com/FTinRLWx
>>>>
>>>> I've tried everything I can think of. Can someone point out what I
>>>> would need to do to center this? Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Wrap everything in a \center-column. That should work.
>>>
>> That's what I was thinking, I just don't know where to put it. No
>> matter what I try, I get errors or stuff off the page.
>>
>
> or simply use
>
> \markup
>  \fill-line {
>  \column {
>    \line {
>      "6. "
>      \column {
>        "Human reason, though it ponder,"
>        "Cannot fathom this great wonder"
>        "That Christ's body e'er remaineth"
>        "Though it countless souls sustaineth,"
>        "And that He His blood is giving"
>        "With the wine we are receiving."
>        "These great mysteries unsounded"
>        "Are by God alone expounded."
>      }
>    }
>    \vspace #2
>    \line {
>      "7. "
>      \column {
>        "Jesus, Sun of Life, my Splendor,"
>        "Jesus, Thou my Friend most tender,"
>        "Jesus, Joy of my desiring,"
>        "Fount of life, my soul inspiring, --"
>        "At Thy feet I cry, my Maker,"
>        "Let me be a fit partaker"
>        "Of this blessed food from heaven,"
>        "For our good, Thy glory, given."
>      }
>    }
>  }
>  \hspace #4
>  \column {
>    \line {
>      "8. "
>      \column {
>        "Lord, by love and mercy driven"
>        "Thou hast left Thy throne in heaven"
>        "On the cross for us to languish"
>        "And to die in bitter anguish,"
>        "To forego all joy and gladness"
>        "And to shed Thy blood in sadness."
>        "By this blood, redeemed and living,"
>        "Lord, I praise Thee with thanksgiving."
>      }
>    }
>    \vspace #2
>    \line {
>      "9. "
>      \column {
>        "Jesus, Bread of Life, I pray Thee,"
>        "Let me gladly here obey Thee."
>        "By Thy love I am invited,"
>        "Be Thy love with love requited;"
>        "From this Supper let me measure,"
>        "Lord, how vast and deep love's treasure."
>        "Though the gifts Thou here dost give me"
>        "As Thy guest in heaven receive me."
>      }
>    }
>  }
>  \hspace #1
> }
>
>
> and change the horizontal or vertical spacing!

Thanks, this is a good starting point. My trouble is I can never
figure out how the hspace and vspace works, in terms of getting the
output I expect. What's the line you need to put in in order for
lilypond to render all the spacing information on the page? Maybe that
will help.